South Florida college students were among those who participated in the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America’s annual student leadership and advocacy training conference that took place over the summer in Boston University. Every August, CAMERA hosts this student conference for Israel advocates on campus who are...
Learning Activism
“I’ve always been a Zionist, but I was too timid to be an activist,” said Rebecca Fliegelman of Suffern, a 23-year-old senior at Hunter College. She was one of 80 students from 13 countries who gathered in Boston for six days in August for the seventh annual Student Leadership Training...
Uphold The Student Code
“I hate Jews.” These were the words found carved on the door of a bathroom on our campus this week. “There is no room for … Zionists at UIUC.” This statement came on a post by Students for Justice in Palestine, written publicly on Facebook for anyone and everyone to...
Anti-Semitism: Social Justice’s Blind Spot
At 3:45 a.m. on the morning of Jan. 22, a heinous, racially-charged vandalism was committed against the Islamic Center of Davis, with bacon laid across the door handles. Several days later, tires of vehicles were slashed outside the center. The Davis community banded together to show its solidarity with the center,...
After UCI Sanctions for SJP, LA Times Gives Voice Only to Those Who Drowned Out Other Voices
On May 10, Students for Justice in Palestine disrupted a pro-Israel event at UC Irvine with hateful shouting and vitriolic chants, preventing IDF reservists from continuing with the panel until the group left. As a result, the campus administration slapped SJP with a two-year probation and affirmed the university’s commitment to “protect everyone’s right...
45 Years Later, Munich Massacre Victims Receive Memorial
Today in Munich, a permanent memorial was inaugurated for the 11 Israeli Olympics athletes who were murdered by the Black September Palestinian terror group at the Munich Olympic Games on September 5th, 1972. Memorial for Israeli athletes at 1972 Olympic massacre in Munich opened today, keeping alive the memory of...
SJP UIUC Calls Zionists “White Supremacists” in Promotional Materials
CAMERA on Campus unequivocally condemns SJP UIUC (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) for its blatantly antisemitic action of calling Zionists, and therefore the majority of Jews, Nazis in this disturbing promotional post for their rally, happening today on campus: “Join SJP and other amazing, radical organizations on campus at this...
SJP UC Irvine Put on Disciplinary Probation for Two Years
Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of California Irvine have been suspended from operating for the next two academic years. This significant decision, made by UC Irvine, comes after SJP interrupted an event held by Reservists on Duty (ROD) in conjunction with Students Supporting Israel, and yelled horrifying chants at...
